The Playground

[E_308]

Got behind on posting. Here is the kid's deer from back in November. First deer taken of the new addition. Made about a 200 yard shot on it. First buck he has shot hunting on his own. My season was pretty slow. We had one wide 3-4 yo buck on the place that was alive as of last week so hopefully he keeps his head down through alternative season. Seeing good groups of turkeys so that trend is continuing.

We got some cost share money for brush control on around 20 acres of the west side of the property. The neighbor runs a mulching business. Area was pretty much solid 8 - 10 foot tall autumn olive with scattered honey locusts and cedars. He ground the AO, we will see how mad it comes back this spring. Herbicide will follow. We spent most this past weekend dropping locusts and cedars. Girdled and sprayed some of the bigger ones. Used 50% garlon 3 / 50% water with a little tordon RTU so he could see what he had sprayed. Next trip we will finish up the pond lot and hopefully start piling with the skid loaded and grapple. Then we are going to make a BIG fire!

Left the saw to fend for itself on this one, probably more than the 211 wanted.

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[yukon]

was the 20 acres used for bedding? will you replant or just kill off the autumn olive as it comes back?

 

[E_308]

It was solid mature autumn olive with no grass or forbs to speak of. Hope to get back to native grass and forbs with what’s in the seed bank. If a deer can’t walk through it standing up it is not worth much. Also trying to make better for turkeys. I am sure I will have AO resprout and sericia to spray for a few years.

 

[yukon]

It was solid mature autumn olive with no grass or forbs to speak of. Hope to get back to native grass and forbs with what’s in the seed bank. If a deer can’t walk through it standing up it is not worth much. Also trying to make better for turkeys. I am sure I will have AO resprout and sericia to spray for a few years.

Keep us updated. I have about 10 acres of autumn olive that has gone mad. I wish my neighbor had a mulcher! It was cleared for an ag field a couple of years ago that was quickly abandoned due to rocky ground.....and hindsight suggests I should have been diligent with spraying the resprouts. Doesn't take long for the AO to come back with a vengence!

 

[E_308]

Went and dropped more locusts yesterday. About done cutting need to start piling. Off to the Stihl dealer today! I always keep two bars for when I get hung up. I need to get better at running a saw!

After nasty thorn covered honey locust ended the day adding to the maple food plot in the bottom

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[Mennoniteman]

Went and dropped more locusts yesterday. About done cutting need to start piling. Off to the Stihl dealer today! I always keep two bars for when I get hung up. I need to get better at running a saw!

After nasty thorn covered honey locust ended the day adding to the maple food plot in the bottom

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How'd you manage to do a bend like that? I don't see any big enough trees in your picture to do that amount of damage I've worn out a half a dozen bars and bent a few saw handles from logs rolling on the saw and still haven't bent my first bar.

 

[E_308]

The bend was on a big honey locust. I didn’t take a picture of it. After pinching the bar, It spun coming off the stump then landed on the bar. First one I have managed to tear up, always coming up with new ways to waste money. In the picture are silver maples nice to cut something without 6 inch thorns on it!

 

[E_308]

On the last trip up I also met with my MDC Private Land Conservationist. For the AO regrowth he recommended Triclopyr and DuraCor. I have sprayed plenty of triclopyr over the years, but the DuraCor from Corteva is a new one. My PLC said they were getting much better kills than with Triclopyr alone. Anyone on here tried it?

 

[George]

new to me.

G

 

[E_308]

Probably the best morel year I can remember. We found 100 in about a 75 yard stretch of river bottom.

Tried to burn back in March when it was too dry. Had it jump my line and got a spot over about 20 yards out in some native grass. Had to call my first one in. Kid shows up in a flat bed truck with a little bit of water and puts about a 75 yard long line of fire out with a sthil 800 back pack blower! So now I own one of those. So after that rodeo it started raining for a couple of weeks. So by last weekend it was very wet and green. Grass burned well, timber did better than I though it would. Humidity got down to the low 30's by the end of the day which helped.

Monday was opening morning and I was able to get the three gobblers to come in at about 7 am. Flopped around in the grass so he didn't photograph too well. Heading back up this weekend to try to get the kid on one.

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[KSQ2]

I got work done in the office a little early today, and I have a little bit before the next duty calls, so I took a venture through your journal and it was a fun trip! You've done a lot with that NE MO property. Keep up the good work -- I bet that 150" buck on your farm is coming soon!